Membership

To be eligible for membership, you need to be able to answer “yes” to the following questions (if not, please consider affiliating with us as a non-member supporter):

Is your business privately held (not publicly traded)?

Do the business owners who have a controlling interest (greater than 50% of ownership) live in Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Sullivan, Ulster or Columbia County?

Is your business registered in the state of New York, with no corporate or national headquarters outside of Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Sullivan, Ulster or Columbia County?

Do you have full autonomy to make your own independent decisions regarding your unique business and its purchasing, operations and distribution, as well as the name and look of your business?

Do you pay all your own marketing, rent and other business expenses without assistance from, or payment to, a corporate headquarters?

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Opportunity Matters

We’re all better off when we’re all better off. With inequality, we miss out on good ideas and relationships, unhappiness increases, and eventually systems collapse. Rather than “everyman-for-himself,” we understand that real security comes from community. We need to rebuild the middle, engage in fair trade, and decentralize power and business ownership.